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The clayton family’s pool has vertices at the coordinates (0, 2), (0, 5), (2, 5), (2, 6), (5, 6), (5, 1), (2, 1), and (2, 2). if each grid square has an area of 9 square feet, what is the area of the pool?

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If you were constructing a triangular frame, and you had wood in the length of 4inches, 4 inches, and 7 inches, would it make a triangle? would you be able to create a frame from these pieces of wood? yes or no. explain your mathematical thinking